Totally Fuzzy — The new Sonny & the Sunsets record is a country record. It’s a break up record. Love and Heartache. Every song was written during and is about his break up with his girlfriend of ten years. Smith grew up listening to old time music, his dad is a ... more info

ContactMusic — Ray Davies claims to be Damon Albarn when people recognise him in the street The Kinks singer and guitarist tries to fool people into thinking he is actually the singer from Blur - whom he is over twenty years older than and bears little resemblance.... more info

Guardian Music — Maida Vale Studios, LondonAfter Blur's 6 Music gig – the first of two shows they're playing for BBC radio tonight, to begin what they have suggested may be their last fortnight as a band – their 1995 single, The Universal, plays on the air. This ... more info

Guardian Music — Danny Boyle's track selections for the Olympics opener ranged from the Sex Pistols to Elgar, and all points in betweenA wide variety of different British musical styles provided the soundtrack to the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.Here ... more info

Topix — They had just signed with the MCA Label and so, for better or worse, had to produce an album. What emerged was an average release, saved somewhat by several good songs. more info

Guardian Music — Organist who infused Deep Purple with classical influences, helping to make them one of the world's biggest rock bands'We're as valid as anything by Beethoven," declared Jon Lord of his band, Deep Purple, in an interview with the New Musical Express... more info

Guardian Music — 'Damon wasn't comfortable doing the verses – he just couldn't get into character'Graham Coxon, guitaristModern Life Is Rubbish [Blur's second album] was overlooked because of the rise of grunge, but we were halfway to somewhere, and with Parklife w... more info

Mercury News, California — Legendary Kinks leader to play Mountain Winery, Fillmore more info

Guardian Music — This week's playlist slaked a major thirst for beer in song, be it sad, profound, lost or bellowingRR commenter Pairubu, who suggested this topic, sings the praises of beer, "the most convivial of drinks". Yet our request last week for your favourite... more info

Guardian Music — Fifty years ago this week, a nervous band called the Rollin' Stones played their first gig – to a bemused crowd of jazz fans. Christopher Sandford, the band's biographer, charts a revolutionIn the summer of 1962, the management of the Academy cinem... more info